Management & Entrepreneurship

The Management & Entrepreneurship career pathway involves skills and occupations that are essential across every industry — spanning business administration, strategic planning, operations, human resources, project management, and entrepreneurship. Whether you aspire to lead teams within an established organization, launch your own venture, or drive innovation from within, this pathway equips you with the foundational skills that employers in every sector are looking for. TSU’s partnership with the PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship further positions Tiger students to access funding, mentorship, and resources for building their own businesses.

TSU students commonly entering this pathway include those studying:

  • Business Administration & Management
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Human Resource Management
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Management Information Systems
  • Public Administration
  • Economics
  • Marketing

Whether you’re aiming to climb the corporate ladder, consult for top firms, or build something of your own, this community has the resources to support your journey. Browse industry articles and career videos featuring business professionals and consultants, explore Labor Market Insights on salaries and in-demand skills, and gain hands-on experience through virtual job simulations via Forage. Access LinkedIn Learning courses on agile leadership, project management, and productivity, find paid micro-internships through Parker Dewey, and browse featured internships from employers like Deloitte actively recruiting TSU Tigers. Start exploring below!

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Making the Leap to Entrepreneurship

Three former corporate executives who migrated to the start-up world share their stories and tips.

By some estimates, three start-ups are born every second. Disruption and the rise of the gig economy explain only part of this start-up mania. A …

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Top 10 Entrepreneurship & Startup Coaches (2025-2026)

Building a company is hard; doing it fast, smart, and sustainably is even harder. The startup coaches below have helped founders find the right idea for their businesses, raise early-stage capital, hit growth milestones most founders will never meet, and …

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Labor Market InsightsIn partnership withLightcast logo

Are you looking to use real-time job market data to make informed decisions about your future career path, explore relevant salary data, or identify the skills you need to build or market to get your next role? Use the following tool to explore your options.

There are two ways to navigate this tool:

  1. Keyword Search: Search for the title of the job you’re looking to pursue or skills you may have that are relevant to a particular career path.
  2. Narrow Down by Industry + Occupation: If you have a general sense of the industry you’d like to pursue, you can narrow down the occupations within a given industry to help you decide.

Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

Online Tools

LinkedIn Learning

Infographics: Planning and Wireframing

Taught by Shane Snow
Join Shane Snow as he reviews the first steps in creating infographics, graphic representations of data—organizing sample data and preparing…

Databricks Certified Data Analyst Associate Cert Prep

Taught by Packt Publishing
Embark on a comprehensive learning journey designed to prepare you for the Databricks Certified Data Analyst Associate exam. This course…

Running a Design Business: Creative Briefs

Taught by Terry Lee Stone
Learn to write a creative brief for client-commissioned projects and ensure you have a roadmap for developing great design, in…

Running a Design Business: Designer-Client Agreements

Taught by Terry Lee Stone
As a freelance creative, you need to know how to write proposals and contracts for client-commissioned projects. Learn the basics…

Learning Graphic Design: Things Every Designer Should Know

Taught by John McWade
Appearance may not be everything, but how something looks has a fundamental impact on how it’s perceived, what it communicates,…

Learning Graphic Design: Techniques

Taught by John McWade
Take a creative refresher course with these 18 simple design techniques that will immediately improve your layouts, brought to you…

Working On Camera: Video Makeup Techniques

Taught by Rick Allen Lippert
This second installment in On Camera, a series designed to help anyone create a positive impression on-screen, concentrates on enhancing…

Insights from a College Career Coach

Taught by Valerie Sutton
Are you feeling stuck in your current position, seeking a new one, or contemplating a career change? In this interview,…

Job Search Strategies

Taught by Valerie Sutton
In this course, author Valerie Sutton shares the latest techniques to find jobs efficiently and effectively. This course teaches you…

Writing: The Craft of Story

Taught by Lisa Cron
In this course, author Lisa Cron digs into the craft of writing a compelling story based on what the brain…

Infographics: Visualizing Relationships

Taught by Shane Snow
In this course, author Shane Snow shows how to depict complex relationships in an easy-to-understand infographic, or graphic representation of…

Creative Inspirations: Big Spaceship, Digital Creative Agency

Taught by Big Spaceship
Take a ride in the Big Spaceship with this intimate look at the inner workings of one of the web’s…

Enhancing Your Productivity

Taught by Dave Crenshaw
Join author and business coach Dave Crenshaw as he shows you the key to enhancing your productivity—focusing on your most…

Creative Inspirations: Ed Emberley, Children’s Book Illustrator

Taught by Ed Emberley
Award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Ed Emberley is truly a national treasure, having drawn nearly 100 books. The warmth…

Creative Inspirations: Marian Bantjes, Graphic Artist

Taught by Marian Bantjes
Graphic designer Marian Bantjes has collaborated with numerous design legends, including Debbie Millman from Sterling Brands, Michael Bierut and Paula…

Creative Inspirations: Stefan G. Bucher, Designer, Illustrator, and Writer

Taught by Stefan G. Bucher
Meet a truly monster graphic designer, Stefan G. Bucher. Stefan’s projects range from his Daily Monsters, to the Daily Letter…

Creative Inspirations: Natalie Fobes, Photographer

Taught by Natalie Fobes
This installment in the lynda.com Creative Inspirations documentary series introduces the diverse talents of one of the world’s great award-winning…

Excel 2010 Essential Training

Taught by Bob Flisser
In Excel 2010 Essential Training, Bob Flisser demonstrates the core features and tools in Excel 2010. The course introduces key…

Creative Inspirations: Kit Hinrichs, Graphic Designer

Taught by Kit Hinrichs
Kit Hinrichs is one of the most accomplished and respected graphic designers and illustrators of the last fifty years. A…

Creative Inspirations: Harry Marks, Broadcast Designer

Taught by Harry Marks
Harry Marks is considered by many to be the godfather of broadcast design. More than any other individual, he changed…

Skill Building Courses

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Phone
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Address

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